Question

The year 1945 witnessed the creation of one of the deadliest weapons of mass destruction - the nuclear bomb, invented by Robert Oppenheimer, an American physicist. The bomb went on to claim millions of lives in the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Oppenheimer, after the witnessing the first detonation of the bomb, quoted an excerpt from the Bhagavad Gita - "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds".

According to Gandhi's views on morality, what made Oppenheimer's work dangerous?

• A. It was an example of 'politics without principles'
• B. It was an example of 'education without character'
• C. It was an example of 'science without humanity'
• D. It was an example of 'pleasure without conscience'

Answer 1

The correct option is C It was an example of 'science without humanity'

Robert Oppenheimer's invention was undoubtedly a gamechanger in the field of science, but it resulted in the death of millions of people. So, it's an example of 'science without humanity'. According to Gandhi, scientific development should be for the progress of humanity, else it can be dangerous and immoral.